If you want to try and ‘recreate’ the life you had before, you’re almost doomed before you begin because the reality is, it will never happen … especially if you’re going to a wildly foreign land. Not only that, but by adopting that ‘what I’m used to’ stance, you’re basically ensuring you’ll miss out on a whole breadth of experiences because you’re moving forward with your blinkers on.

Without doubt there’s downsides to moving overseas … with missing family and friends topping off the list. However to only focus on that, in my mind, is wrong because there’s incredible amounts of wonderfulness that can come from it too.

I appreciate not everyone wants to live overseas – that’s cool – but when I meet people who do but end up staying where they are simply because they’ve let people who’ve never done it make their decision for them, I feel a bit sad because in my mind they should stop focusing on what they will miss out on and start thinking about what they will gain.

I know everyone’s different, but nothing great happens if you don’t put yourself out there.